AN: Not dead yet, not retired from fandom either. I will finish all the kisses, I promise.
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Everyone knew Nakao was miles of stubborn, especially when it came to his fixation for Nanba. He held to his open adoration of the older boy with an unshakable grip. Only one person at Osaka knew firsthand that his stubbornness covered vulnerability. His tears on Mizuki's shoulder were genuine; his heartbreak at the romantic rejection unfeigned.
Yet despite his loud, unashamed declarations of affection, despite the bravado of his display of love, he'd always known he was going to get hurt; known from the beginning the outcome of his affection, and yet been completely unable to change his stubborn heart.
